Who Remembers Cambridge Cable ?

Cambridge Cable LTD was formed in 1988, by three businessmen from Cambridge, as a cable television and communication company. The company was granted the cable television franchise for Cambridge and the surrounding areas in June 1989, and in July 1990 it was awarded a public telecommunications service licence to distribute television channels by its cable network. Cambridge Cable's inaugural service began in July 1991 with the telephone service being launched in September 1992.

In the years that followed Cambridge Cable gained backing from the Comcast Corporation, a major cable network which operates in the United States and Singapore Telecom.

The company later managed to obtain Stort Valley Cable LTD and was awarded the franchise for Harlow, Bishop Stortford and Sawbridgeworth in November 1992. They provided the service under the name Anglia Cable Communications.

During 1993 the company expanded with services by their East Coast Cable franchise covering Colchester to later be followed by Ipswich and Felixstowe.

In 1999, the Cambridge Cable Group, which it was now known and had operating franchises under the names Cambridge Cable, Anglia Cable, East Coast Cable and Southern East Anglia Cable became part of NTL Incorporated. The company is now part of Virgin Media.

Cambridge on Film

Below is a collection of links to films from the East Anglian Film Archive which are about, or feature Cambridge.

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Cambridge in 1944

Running Time : 23:03

The daily lives of undergraduates at the University of Cambridge in 1944.

Cambridge in 1931

Running Time : 11:05

A day in the life of a student at the University of Cambridge, including many scenes in and around Cambridge.

Proposed Redevelopment of Central Cambridge - 1962

Running Time : 12:47

Anglia Television report on plans to redevelop central Cambridge.





City in the Sixties: Cambridge

Running Time : 12:11

Anglia Television programme depicting life in Cambridge in the 1960's.

Sir Winston Churchill Opens Churchill College

Running Time : 4:41

Sir Winston Churchill inaugurates Churchill College by planting two trees.

Filmed on 22nd October 1959

The Leading Motor Engineers - 1932

Running Time : 3:41

Promotional film for King and Harper's, automobile and accessories dealers in Cambridge.

Calling V.H.F - 1955

Running Time : 26:51

An instructional film for sales engineers on V.H.F. Communications equipment and how to sell it.





The Greatest Folk Festival in the World

Running Time : 25:27

Anglia Television celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Cambridge Folk Festival

The Cambridge Story - 1957

Running Time : 17:28

A film promoting the applications of Pye radio and television equipment.

Un-identified Flying Objects - 1964

Running Time : 6:59

Anglia Television report on the meeting of a Cambridge group seeking flying saucers.

Cambridge Bumping Races - 1961

Running Time : 5:49

Anglia Television footage with commentary of the May Bumps along the river Cam.

Topical Budget: Bumps On The River Cam - 1927

Running Time : 1:03

Bumping races on the River Cam.

Famous Director Of Thriller Films, Mr Alfred Hitchcock - 1966

Running Time : 4:42

Anglia Television report on Alfred Hitchcock's visit to a meeting of the Cambridge University film society.

I AM A Fugitive From A Sane Gang - 1933

Running Time : 8:18

A silent comedy by amateur filmmaker and cinema historian H.A.V Bulleid.

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